本論文旨在以一個不同的批判視角檢視艾蜜莉・荻謹蓀的詩學：賽博格。荻謹蓀的詩學涵蓋極廣，而其與自然、花卉、植物及生物之間的緊密相關性，不應使我們忽略其詩歌與科技、科學之間的密切連結。以往的研究曾從多種科技視角檢視荻謹蓀的詩學，但多半往往由單一角度出發，將其詩歌連結至特定形式的當代科技。然而，詩中所浮現的許多科技面向具有共通性與跨時代性；從現代視角觀之，這些面向對今日人類心智與人性的影響，仍具有其合理性與深遠意義。因此，本文轉向賽博格理論，試圖更全面地說明荻謹蓀詩歌中科技與人性如何產生有意義的連結。第一章從凱瑟琳・海爾斯的控制論出發，主張賽博格奠基於去身體化資訊與分散式認知。資訊在由不同材質構成的主體、身體與介面之間流動，並形成回饋迴路，其中也包括不完整或不穩定的主體。透過此一框架，荻謹蓀的詩歌顯示即便是局部的個體、生物與器官，也能彼此產生相關性，形成能夠抵抗不公義或偏頗價值系統的新主體。第二章將重點轉向賽博格本體論。以唐娜・哈樂葳為理論基礎，本章主張賽博格在本質上是反起源的，持續瓦解邊界，並透過難以捉摸且破碎的身份而存在。這些賽博格本體論特質反覆出現在荻謹蓀的詩作之中。透過將哈樂葳的賽博格理論與荻謹蓀詩學並置對話，本章探討此一連結如何為荻謹蓀研究開啟新的可能性。第三章則援引德勒茲與瓜塔里的機器理論，說明在荻謹蓀的詩歌中，各類機器如何透過耦合與斷裂，持續產生新的機器與賽博格式耦合。透過此一過程，既有機器連結所支撐的舊制度系統受到顛覆，開啟去疆域化與新關係配置的可能。整體而言，本文旨在將賽博格理論與荻謹蓀的賽博格式詩學加以耦合，建構一種更完整的詩學視角，並為荻謹蓀研究增添新的面向。

This thesis examines Emily Dickinson’s poetics from a different critical perspective: the cyborg condition. Dickinson’s poetics covers an extensive range of concerns, and her close association with nature, flowers, plants, and living creatures should not lead us to overlook the strong connection between her poetry, technology, and science. Previous scholarship has examined Dickinson’s poetics from various technological perspectives, but most studies tend to proceed from a single angle and connect her poetry to specific forms of contemporary technology. However, many of the technological dimensions that emerge in Dickinson’s poems are universal and transhistorical; viewed from a modern perspective, their influence on the human mind and human nature today remains both reasonable and far-reaching. Therefore, this thesis turns to cyborg theory in order to provide a more comprehensive account of how technology and humanity are connected meaningfully in Dickinson’s poetry. Chapter One begins with N. Katherine Hayles’s theory of cybernetics and argues that the cyborg is grounded in disembodied information and distributed cognition. Information circulates and forms feedback loops among subjects, bodies, and interfaces made of different materials, including incomplete or unstable subjects. Through this framework, Dickinson’s poems show how even partial individuals, living beings, and organs can enter into relation with one another, forming new entities capable of resisting unjust or biased systems of value. Chapter Two shifts the focus to cyborg ontology. Anchored to Donna Haraway, this chapter argues that the cyborg is anti-origin in nature, constantly breaks down boundaries, and exists through elusive and fractured identities. These ontological features of the cyborg appear repeatedly in Dickinson’s poems. By bringing Haraway’s cyborg theory into dialogue with Dickinson’s poetics, this chapter examines how such a connection may open new possibilities for Dickinson studies. Chapter Three draws on Deleuze and Guattari’s theory of machines to explain how, in Dickinson’s poetry, different kinds of machines continually produce new machines and cyborgian formations through coupling and rupture. Through this process, older institutional systems sustained by previous machinic connections are unsettled, opening the possibility of deterritorialization and new configurations of relation. Overall, this thesis aims to couple cyborg theory with Dickinson’s cyborgian poetics to construct a more integrated perspective on her poetry, and to add a new dimension to Dickinson studies.

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